BUSINESS

Noel Kojo-Ganson has been appointed to the position of Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) for MTN Ghana, effective 15th October 2018. Noel’s career with MTN Ghana started in May 2012 as the General Manager, Consumer Marketing, and he has been instrumental in providing commercial leadership and positioning the MTN brand, both in this role and in CMO acting roles… Noel Kojo-Ganson ...

The Institute for Energy Security (IES) has once again been vindicated over its warning last week that fuel prices could increase marginally in its projection for this month’s second pricing window, spanning October 16-31 2018. The Institute had attributed the expected increase to a rise in the average Brent crude price by 5.7 percent with a corresponding increment in the ...

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has said that the Akufo-Addo-led government has attained key milestones in the economy within their 22 months in office despite the global economic downturn. Ghana, he said, has been able to achieve a credit upgrade from B- to B status with a stable outlook for the first time in almost a decade as a result of ...

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has charged government to use the 2019 budget to reduce the rising unbearable cost of living. The union wants government to use the budget to support private sector to complement government initiatives to create more jobs, overhaul exemption system, eliminate distortions and inequities in pay across public sector institutions, address challenges of pension, health care, ...

Mr Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah, a Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, says the transformative policies of the Government has moved Ghana from 167 in 2016 to 154th position in 2017 in the ranking of the World Bank Trade across Border Report. The increase in the country’s ranking, he said, could be attributed to the reduction in the time and cost ...

The Ranking Member on Employment Dr. Kwabena Donkor says the Nation Builder’s Corps (NABCO) cannot solve the high unemployment rate in the country, which described as structural. In his view, the programme, which has seen some 100,000 graduates, get a three-year employment is only a short-term measure. “Ghana does not need NABCO now because it is a short cabinet measure ...

Private legal practitioner, Ace Kojo Annan Ankomah has, in a sarcastic jest, suggested that the CEO of gold dealership firm, Menzgold Ghana Limited, should be made the Finance minister or even the president for his investment and financial ‘wizardry’ Mr Ankomah said Nana Appiah Mensah’s ability to turn water into wine by paying a 200 percent yearly returns to investors ...

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry France in Ghana (CCIFG) has organised its 2018 Extra-Ordinary General Assembly (EGA) on hosted at the Residence of the French French Ambassador in Ghana. The event also served as the occasion to have a farewell networking soiree for Mr Patrick Prado, the former Board Chairman of the CCIFG. With over 70 people present, the ...

A Ghanaian young man shocked the bankers and staff of UniCredit Apenkwa branch in the Accra Metropolitan assembly when he showed up at the bank with his mattress, pillow, bed sheet, and other stuff to sleep inside the banking hall. His reason? The young man claims he saves with UniCredit Apenkwa branch and he has been to the bank multiple ...

A high-powered Namibian delegation is in Ghana to hold talks with Ghanaian authorities and other stakeholders on the theme of “Strengthening Namibia-Ghana Relationship on Trade and Economic Development”. Led by Mr. Willem Gaeimann, the Permanent Secretary at the Namibian Ministry of Works and Transport, the delegation commenced talks on Monday, October 16 with an opening meeting with the High Commissioner ...